That bloody promise

Chapter 3 - slow progress

It was morning outside, and for the evil trio the day started... well... it started. Eclipse was asleep on his desk, following his usual, inexistent sleeping schedule, Killcode on the other hand tried to rest through the night to clear his thoughts, but it didn't really work out well, and finally Bloodmoon... their room was trashed. They spent the whole night throwing things around, ripping, tearing and shattering everything, except for the hammock, that was still perfectly fine. The twins unconsciously spared that and only that. Now they where sitting in a dark corner of the room, surrounded by broken glasses, staring into the void with an angry look on their face. They slowly returned to reality when they started hearing slow footsteps in the distance getting closer. Those footsteps stopped to the other side of the bedroom's door and the person knocked -"Bloodmoon...?"- No response -"It is... it is time to get started with the training"- Killcode smiled, hoping a lighter tone of voice would convince them. Again, no response. -"...sigh... Bloodmoon please, come out"- Still nothing. "Can I open the door my son? ... Can I enter? ...I... I'm opening the door Bloodmoon"- he said before actually opening it. Killcode stepped in and stared at the disaster inside the room, then spotted the red animatronic and walked over to them, crouching down and sweeping some glass pieces away with his hand, sighing. -"Bloodmoon, it is time to start the day"- the twins stayed silent for a while then mumbled -"We don't want to anymore"- looking away from their father -"And why is that? Is it because you failed the spell or because of the things Eclipse told you?"- Bloodmoon tensed up and hid their face under the nightcap. It was actually kinda both... but they weren't going to tell it to Killcode for sure. -"It is both right?"- -"HUH?!" -Bloodmoon flinched and looked at the taller animatronic dumbfounded -"How did you-"- -"Hush son"- Killcode cut them out. He stood up and started gathering the shreds of sheets and pillows all over the room. -"Listen my children, magic is something one can be prone to or not, there is no in between. We couldn't know if you were or not. But that does not mean that you cannot learn it at all. It will be harder of course. You will have to be firm about it and don't give up, because if you'll let go of your will, your gonna have to restart from the very basics. And about Eclipse's words... I was not expecting you to succede on the first try, I was not going to get mad or disappointed. Do not listen to his teasing"- Once Killcode was done gathering, he placed the mess on Bloodmoon's bed and turned to them, crouching back down. -"So? What do you think son?"- He said fixing their cap on their head and offering his hand. -"...Mhhh... other?"- -"Mpf..."- Killcode waited patiently. -"Alright... I suppose we can agree to continue..."- -"But the moment we get bored you set us free"- The red animatronic messed with their nightcap again to make it sit on the left side of their head and accepted Killcode's hand. -"Deal"- he responded with a smile. They both stood up and got out of the trashed room.

After a while of walking, there they where, standing in front of the wooden door. Once again, Killcode opened the room and they entered. Before restarting to explain the spell from the night before, potentially having them fail again, Killcode opted for a wiser choice and helped them understand how to put into actions the basics of magic they learned the other day, such as finding the right amount of energy and concentrating it in a singular part of the body. It took them a while, with 'a while' being hours, but eventually they learned how to do it. They were exhausted of course, but... well at least they had something to work on. The red animatronic was panting and groaning, laying on the floor. Killcode looked at them and chuckled to himself, then opened the red spell book, pondering something. The shorter robot looked at the other one and started complaining once again -"AAAGH! NOO FATHER PLEASE!"- -"WE'RE TIRED!"- -"YOU AGREED TO OUR TERMS!"- -"WE WANT OUT."- They cried out, making it hard for Killcode not to crack a laugh. -"Yes, I am aware..."- the animatronic said calmly, then shut the book, looking at his boys -"...and I think you deserve a break"- The two gremlins sighed in relief and Killcode smiled at them, turning around and grabbing a small flask of fresh blood, making it slide to the other side of the table. The moment the twins saw it, their eyes started sparkling and it almost seemed like they regained all their original straight, throwing themselves on the flask like it was a rat trying to escape its fate, and like a child with their fruit juice they immediately attached to the straw, practically breathing the blood in. At that point Killcode really couldn't help but laugh.